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Continuing Action – Support the Development of Policies, Programs, and Funding for Moving Goods

SANDAG staff has worked with the U.S. Department of Transportation regarding the National Strategic Freight Plan to ensure
that the San Diego region’s freight infrastructure is adequately represented within national surface transportation programs
including Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century and Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.

SANDAG and Caltrans secured a $49 million FASTLANE grant to cover construction costs on Phase 2 State Route (SR 11). SANDAG participated
in the development of the California State Sustainable Freight Strategy and SANDAG and Caltrans staff have attended monthly
workshops related to federal FAST Act Funding and for emerging State funds for freight projects. Respective grant applications
from SANDAG will be prepared in June and July 2017 for SR 11/Otay Mesa East and SANDAG will be coordinating other regional
freight funding applications in this same timeframe.